The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-06-10

ceaseless thunder against the sandy cliffs. 10
was n desolate spot, nude Of vegetation, save
for rank, rush like grass and plants of sea
holly that the gray and massive house, of
which the roof was secured by huge blocks Of
rock, looked out upon. In front was the
great ocean, rushing in continually upon the
sandy bulwarks, and with but few ships to
break its lonliness To the left as far as the
eye could reach ran a line of cliff, out OF
which the waves had taken huge mouthfuls
till 1t was as full Of gaps as an old crones
jaw Behind this stretched mile upon mile
Of desolate looking land covered for the most
part with ling and heath, and cut up with
dikes, whence the water was pumped by
means Of windmills, that gave n Dutch ap-
pearance to the landscape.
Look" said Dorothy, pointing to a small
white house about a mile and half away up
the shore line, "that is the lock house, where
the great sluice gates are, and beyond that is
the dreadful quicksand, In which a whole
army was once swallowed up, like the Egyp-
tians in the Red sea-"
any wordl" said Ernest, much interested,
"and, say, did my uncle build this houseF'
"You silly boy, why it has been built for
hundreds Of years. Somebody of the name
Of Dunn built it, and that is why it is called
Dums Ness; at least, suppose so. There is
an old chart that Reginald has, which was
made in the time of Henry VII, and it is
marked ms Dums Ness there; so DUN must
have lived before then. Look" she went on,
as turning to the right they rounded the old
house and got on to the road which ran along
the top of the cliff, "there are the ruins of
Titheburgh abbey" and she pointed to the
remains of an enormous church with u still
perfect tower, that stood within few
hundred yards of them, almost upon the edge
Of the cliff.
"Why don't they build it up again2n asked
Ernest.
Dorothy shook her head. "Because in a few
years the sea will swallow it. Nearly all the
graveyard has gone already. II is the same
with Kesterwick, where we are going. Kes-
terwick was great town once. The kings
of East Anglia made it their capital, and a
bishop lived there. And after that it was a
great port, with thousands upon thousands of
inhabitants. But the sea came on and on
and choked up the harbor, and washed away
the cliffs, and they could not keep it out and
now Kesterwick is nothing but little village
with one fine old church left. The real Kes-
terwick lies there, under the sea. If you walk
along the beach after great gale you will find
hundreds Of bricks and tiles washed from the
houses that are going to pieces down in the
deep water. just fancy, on ono Sunday
afternoon, in the reign Of Queen Elizabeth,
three of the parish churches were washed over
the cliff into the seal"
And so she went on telling the listening
Ernest tale after tale Of the old town than
which Babylon had not fallen more complete
ly, till they came to pretty little modern
house powered up In trees-tbat is, In sum-
mer, for there were no leaves upon them now
with which Ernest was destined to become
very well acquainted in after years.
Dorothy left her companion at the gate
while she went In to leave her book, remark
ing that she would be ashamed TO introduce
boy with so black an eye. Presently she
came back again, saying that Miss Ceswick
was out.
at this period Of his existence had burning
thirst for information Of every sort.
"She is a very beautiful old lady," was
Dorothy's answer. "Her family lived for
many years at a place called Ceswick's Ness;
but her brother lost all his money gambling,
and the place was sold, and Mr.. de Tailor,
that horrid fat man whom you saw drive
away this morning, bought it."
"Does she live alonep
"Yes; but she has some neces, the daugh-
ters of her brother who is dead, and whose
mother is very i'll; and If she dies one of them
is coming to live with her. She is just my
age, so l hope she will come" After this
there was silence for awhile.
ne1V' saii .le hIIie Woman presently,
you iooh Aihu, 30 WIZ ask you "ah0
'ou W neip nie aoou' Sereiny;
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do anything he could.
"You see, Ernest" she went on, fixing her
sweet blue eyes on his face. Jeremy is a
great trouble to me- He will go his own yay
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nno" VIVA. a would @ De become . oh grandfather or
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answer
Ernest stood still, wondering what was
coming.
"Look herel You told a lie to try to save
me from catching n tbio ,,,o,nino, ", -
that Won hagan e VoI, 49,. t.'.'s VI oai.' y.
IA have to1d hin, toon oI'I " s san ~ ~
- voiu nIii Wv anu ne Ierked ms
ehuiiio III 'he uirectoh OF Duns Ness, "only
ses ~ ouN pu' want 10 say thank you,
porad da,y;I hut bo,II -. -. - 'eiii
il YOU are kind to him. y and seiz;ne, .ha
astonished Nails by the collar he thrust him